The winning photos from The Astronomy Photographer of the Year Award, including my Close Encounters of the Haslingden Kind image were on display at the Jodrell Bank Observatory from October 2024 until April 2025.
My Close Encounters of the Haslingden Kind image features on the cover of the debut album Light by Manchester band Civil Service.
If you’re a fan of epic post-rock, give them a listen
Here is the link to Civil Service’s Bandcamp page where you can stream or purchase the album and merch: https://civilservice.bandcamp.com/music
The July 2024 edition of the BBC Sky at Night Magazine features a two page article article detailing how I processed my award winning Close Encounters of the Haslingden Kind image, initially by stacking the star shots using StarStax and then subsequently merging the sky and foreground images in Photoshop using layer masks.
In September 2023, I took part in an astrophotography podcast with some of the other winners of the Astronomy Photographer of the Year Award 2023. We discussed how we got into astrophotography, planning our shots, equipment etc.
Highly Commended: People and Space Category
I’m honoured to announce that my image titled Close Encounters of the Haslingden Kind, a star trails image taken under the Haslingden Halo structure in Lancashire, was a highly commended prize winner in the Astronomy Photographer of the Year Award. This is the premier astrophotography competition and features over 4,500 entries from over 60 countries around the world.
My image was displayed at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich from September 2023 until August 2024 and features in the 12th edition of the Astronomy Photographer of the Year Book
Catch the award ceremony via the YouTube link to the right
Volume 12 of The Astronomy Photographer of the Year book is available from the following retailers:
